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European trading firms have the sole right to trade in the forest products of particular areas.

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The above statement is true.
The trade of forest resources was regulated by the government, which gave trading rights to European firms only. The British government introduced forest acts to regulate forest utilisation. The locals were barred from entering or collecting forest produce. They had to pay taxes to utilise the minor forest products. The pastoralists and nomadic communities were forced to leave their sustenance pattern. They lost their jobs. Many of them began to shift to cities to find employment opportunities. They were employed in factories, plantations, mines etc., under the supervision of the government. The government displaced the indigenous communities of their traditional sustenance pattern.

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